By Kevin S. Fox (KNOM-Nome)
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Savoonga resident Viola “Vi” Waghiyi is one of the 26 members chosen by President Biden and Vice President Harris for the new White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. The advisory council will provide advice and recommendations on how to address current and historic environmental injustices across the United States.
Vi Waghiyi in KNOM studios. (Photo by Zoe Grueskin/KNOM) “It is an honor, not only as a Sivuqaq Yupik grandmother and Native Village of Savoonga Tribal citizen, but as an Arctic Indigenous person who has been working on environmental health and justice issues going on 19 years,” Waghiyi said.
Groups Demand Ban on a Class of Dangerous “Forever Chemicals” 09.04.2021 - Quezon City, Philippines - EcoWaste Coalition
9 April 2021. An online gathering of over 100 people held to mark World Health Day last Wednesday highlighted the dangers posed by a class of highly persistent chemicals dubbed as “forever chemicals” and the urgent need to protect the people and the environment from such substances.
Organized by the EcoWaste Coalition and the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN), the “D-Tox Webinar on Forever Chemicals” turned the spotlight on the hazards of PFAS (the acronym for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), a group of over 5,000 chemicals that has earned the moniker “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down easily and can stay in the environment indefinitely, build up in human bodies over time and bring about adverse health out
Alaskan named to White House environmental justice council April 8th 11:54 am |
Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News
An Alaska grandmother who has devoted much of her life to fighting military and industrial pollution will serve on the White House s newly created advisory council to address environmental justice.
Vi Waghiyi, raised in Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, will be one of 26 members on the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, the White House announced last week. This position is not only a voice for our Sivuqaq Yupik people or the communities in the Norton Sound region, Waghiyi, 62, said last week. It will be a voice for Alaska and Arctic and Indigenous people. We are generally never at the table when decisions are made for us miles and miles away.
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